In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But ...

That is, they take a shortcut, suggesting that they possess a cognitive map of their territory (Menzel et al. 2005). The day-night cycle also plays a key role in animal behavior. Some species are ...

Macaques continued to search for answers to an unsolvable laboratory task, seemingly refusing to believe that the correct answers were random and inconsistent.

What has driven the need for humans? Intelligence? To gain insight into our own cognitive evolution, we can look to our closest living ancestors; our nonhuman primate cousins. Aa Aa Aa Cognition ...

Research undertaken by a team of animal behavior experts at the University of Lincoln, UK, has revealed a game-changing ...

Do Animals Have Thoughts and Emotions? Many researchers who study animal cognition agree that animals “think”—that is, they perceive and react to their environment, interact with one another ...

I am a cognitive psychologist with expertise in comparative cognition and perception. I began conducting animal research as an undergraduate at New College of Florida (1993-1997), where I worked with ...

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normal and abnormal processing of language and music (as well as their origin in the nervous system), cognitive development from the foetal stage to old age and the plasticity of the brain, animal ...

An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive underpinnings of such cross-species collaborations, opening up a new perspective on the evolution of intelligence and cooperation in the animal ...

April the dog, aged 6, previously enjoyed a quiet life with her elderly owner. Soon everything would change, apart from one important thing.